Featured in a play were: From left to right: Dr. Henry as Uncle Sam, Tena Currie as a waitress, Charles McDougal as John Bull, Mrs. Ball as Portia, Dr. T.V. Simpson as an Indian Chief, Beth Wright as the "night." No information about the play itself was available. John Bull is a national personification of England, as is Uncle Sam a personification of the United States.
Historically, these characters appear often in cartoons of political satire. Portia is a character in Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice."
Photo donated by Sheila HarrisContact Terri Lefebvre Prince,Heritage Researcher,City of Yorkton, Box 40037 Third Avenue NorthYorkton, Sask. S3N [email protected]
